Mix: 27. Ruas Y Cidades (Minas Gerais Special: 1973-1990)
Cover Photography by @krstnshtlv As a writer, one always has floating on one’s head drafts of things to cover. For various years…
June 14, 2019
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Urszula Dudziak: Ulla (1982)
Someone, somewhere, (maybe a massive Polish Jazz aficionado), is absolutely, positively going to hate me for doing this: but I have to…
June 12, 2018
Judith Ravitz Participagao: A Banda Do Zé Pretinho – Bolerio (1983)
Perhaps Yehudit Ravit’s story can explain the appeal of Brazilian music to the Israeli citizenry. Not to go into deep into cultural…
April 17, 2018
Tuca: Dracula, I Love You (1974)
Periodically, I like to dive into my old “A Track, A Day” blog archives for music I’ve written about before but I…
October 31, 2017
Yukako Hayase: 薔薇のしっぽ Roses’ Tails (1989)
Where does one start with Yukako Hayase? That’s the question I asked myself when debating, for what seemed like forever, what would…
October 20, 2017
Sonia Rosa: Samba Amour (1979)
Heady, windswept, gauzy saudade that could only come from someone like Sonia Angelica De Carvalho Rosa, are things that don’t quite reveal themselves when you hear Samba…
May 16, 2017
Pierre Barouh: Le Pollen (1982)
News travels so quickly now that it’s hard to keep up with the cycles of life. Word of Pierre Barouh’s passing, at…
February 17, 2017
Isabelle Antena: En Cavale (1986)
It seems I’m running out of summer, and in this case Isabelles, but before I do, I have to share one of those perfect…
September 23, 2016
Bernard Lavilliers: San Salvador (1975)
Bernard Lavilliers Now here’s a man that walked the walk and talked the talk. Today’s track of the day, the unique groove…
September 25, 2014
Cartola: Cartola (1976)
Saudade you have taken a hold over me. Forget that my month long retrospective of Brazilian music draws to an end, no,…
July 13, 2014
Jorge Ben: Bem-Vinda Amizade (1981)
As the World Cup draws to a close, so does my series of great Brazilian albums. For some of y’all this is…
July 12, 2014
Jorge Ben: A Tabua de Esmeralda (1974)
Spiritualism, metaphysics, mysticism, inner/outer worlds, futbol and alchemy…all of the play a role during the world cup for a lot of fans…and…
June 29, 2014